Former top US diplomat urges Obama for early meeting with Modi

A former top American diplomat, considered to be the architect of the Indo-US civilian nuclear deal, on Friday urged US President Barack Obama to reach out to India's prime minister-designate......

Indian appointed to anti-WMD commission

Rahul 'Richard' Verma has been appointed to the Commission on the Prevention of Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferation and Terrorism. Verma, a partner with the international law firm Steptoe &......

Conditions in Pak put N-weapons at risk: analyst

The conditions in Pakistan -- political instability, a demoralized army, a burgeoning Islamic insurgency and an intensely anti-US population -- have put the country's nuclear weapons at risk, a......

'Pak must do more on terrorisrm'

Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee said that Pakistan must do much more to dismantle the infrastructure of terrorism still intact on its land if it claims to be a frontline state in the global war......